Your Sunday Inspiration ✨

Rebecca Topakian, Arab Image Foundation and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ © Saad Eltinay Good morning from London, where we’re very excited to have just announced our Ones to Watch for 2024. Here they are again in all their glory, ahead of the full magazine launch on 04 June: Ibrahim Azab, Teva Cosic, Imane Djamil, Sènami Donoumassou, Saad Eltinay, Devashish Gaur, My-Lan Hoang-Thuy, Vuyo Mabheka, Michał Maliński, Karice Mitchell, Hashim Nasr, Bandia Ribeira, Farhana Satu, Rafael Soldi, and Varvara Uhlik. There’s a great mix of portraiture, social documentary, staged shots and archival manipulations across this list – everything we enjoy here at BJP. The aim of Ones to Watch is to give artists who may not yet have received significant institutional solo shows or major publications an introduction to a wide – and knowledgeable – audience (that’s all of you…) And by publishing the 15 individual profiles online, the artists’ work can be circulated internationally, far beyond the domestic art school, curatorial and image-making networks from which they have been nominated. First up is Saad Eltinay on 05 June. The Sudanese artist fled to Paris last year after being kidnapped by paramilitaries, and is making photographs of his new surroundings and turning to family archives to process these events. His images are full of motion and urgency, but still retain a certain lightness owing to his youthful subjects. Architects’ Gathering, 2024 © Dayanita Singh. Courtesy Frith Street Gallery, We’ve also picked out some photography highlights from London Gallery Weekend, which takes place from 31 May to 02 June. For the time-rich among you, a walking tour might look something like this: Start at Sprüth Magers in Mayfair, where there’s a unique show of mixed-media assemblages by the late US conceptualist John Baldessari, made while he was in residency in Ahmedabad in 1992. The works incorporate found imagery, formica pieces, paper from ashrams and Baldessari’s own paint-laden photographs. Then walk down to Burlington Arcade on Piccadilly, where [Nan Goldin’s]( early-1970s photographs of Boston’s transgender community are on show at Gagosian. Her black-and-white work is just as powerful as what came later. Next cross over Regent Street to Golden Square for new flower images – and ‘constructed contact sheets’ composed of architectural photographs – by [Dayanita Singh]( at Frith Street Gallery. Then head up through Soho, across Oxford Street and north to TJ Boulting, where the second part of Adam Rouhana’s Beyond Freedom photographs from Palestine will be on show. Curated by Lobna Sana, the show includes work made in Palestine this year; there’s an artist tour at 11am on Friday where you can find out more about these vital representations of the region. A slightly longer meander towards Bloomsbury next to see Annette Kelm’s exhibition Domino at Herald St (on Museum Street): her work plays with ideas of advertising and hyperreal still lifes, creating neat but uncanny compositions. Lastly, make your way east (perhaps on the bus) to Maureen Paley on Three Colts Lane, where [Hannah Starkey]( continues her investigation into how women are represented in contemporary culture. That should keep you all busy for now. Let us know of any other shows you visit and enjoy this weekend. Ones to Watch 2024 British Journal of Photography is delighted to announce the 2024 Ones to Watch issue, featuring 15 international artists who epitomise the talent and creativity within lens-based practice today. This special magazine is the culmination of an exhaustive nomination process in which experts submitted hundreds of worthy image-makers. The 15 selected are each profiled and have their work published in this issue. Become a Full Access Member by 27 May and receive the Ones to Watch magazine – and future upcoming issues – straight to your doorstep. Plus, unlock free entry to all of our internationally acclaimed awards, including Portrait of Britain Vol. 7, now open for entries. [Become a Member]( [Build the way you want]( © Andrew Sviridov, Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 winner Portrait of Britain Vol. 7 closes in a month There's a month left to enter Portrait of Britain Vol. 7! Want your work published in the dedicated photobook? Share Britain through your lens for your chance to have your work judged by industry leaders across photography and curation [Learn more]( [Build the way you want]( Picturing the swift and overlooked end to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict Rebecca Topakian watched on alongside Russian soldiers as Nagorno-Karabakh was absorbed into Azerbaijan [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( Get to know the Arab Image Foundation Set up in Beirut in 1997, the Arab Image Foundation has become a key institution in the region – and has now expanded into a larger and more public-facing home. We meet director Rana Nasser Eddin [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](